The Rainbow Coalition was a multicultural movement of cross-racial class solidarity, founded on the 4th of march in 1969, in Chicago, Illinois with the coming together of the Black Panther Party, the Young Lords, and the Young Patriots.
These organizations were under the leadership of Fred Hampton, Jose Cha Cha JimΓ©nez, and William "Preacherman" Fesperman, respectively. It was the first of several 20th century Black-led organizations to use the "rainbow coalition" concept.
The Rainbow Coalition's first alliance was between the Young Patriots and the Black Panthers by Bob Lee. Hampton then incorporated the Young Lords. The Rainbow Coalition soon included various radical socialist community groups like the Lincoln Park Poor People's Coalition, and Rising Up Angry. The coalition was later joined nationwide by the Students for a Democratic Society ("SDS"), the Brown Berets, the American Indian Movement, and the Red Guard Party.
In April 1969, Hampton called several press conferences to announce that this "Rainbow Coalition" had formed. The Rainbow Coalition engaged in joint action against poverty, corruption, racism, police brutality, and substandard housing. The participating groups supported each other at protests, strikes, and demonstrations where they had a common cause.
The coalition espoused an iteration of militancy that aimed to decrease urban unemployment, promote public education, and advance "class" solidarity. For instance, in a 1970 issue of The Patriot, the Young Patriots Organization called for nonviolent support of Bobby Seale (on trial), but also declared that "Guns in the Hands of the Police Represent Capitalism and Racism...Guns In the Hands of the People Represent Socialism and Solidarity." (the patriot 1)
The Coalition brokered treaties to end crime and gang violence and organized to establish class solidarity across racial lines. On December 3rd, Fred Hampton was assassinated by the Chicago Police Department and the FBI, and the Rainbow Coalition effectively dissolved.
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I'm just gonna say it: Demonizing/making fun of Trump & RFK Jr. for having felonies and substance use struggles is wack and I don't really see how it's much different than body shaming them
The nature of the felonies kinda matters, and I would prefer the people in charge of a pretty dangerous country not also be on drugs.
Idk if most people calling RFK a junkie and zombie are going to be any less likely to say the same about anyone else who struggles with drug addiction. You saying that you don't want someone who is actively using to be in a position of power is different from someone making fun of the fact that he's been addicted to drugs in the past. Same with people saying Trump is a felon. Instead of saying he is a sexual predator, when people label him as a felon, it appears to me that he is shitty for being a criminal in and of itself, divorced from what the charges are and the quality is often generalized. "Why would we ever want a felon in the white house?!?!!?"
The only felon I'd want in the white house is one who's doing a revolution I like and that's the felony. I'm actually at a bit of a quandary here for how to proceed thought wise cause I'm totally sure who you're criticizing. Is it libs or leftists?
This is a critique of anyone who basically boils down their failings to either being convicted of a crime or have struggled with drug addiction. You can be a leftist and have seriously shit takes on stuff like that if you havent been in proximity to people who live rough. Primarily libs for sure. I also have seen a bunch of posts from badempanada about the stupid Ethan Klein thing where he's just constantly talking about how Ethan is on drugs and saying other cringey shit that illustrates to me that yes never touched grass and its driving me crazy. Like dude is a Zionist, him doing drugs has nothing to do with that
literally everyone you know could be done for a felony because of shitass laws, it's just about attention and
whether a pig sees you or a prosecutor can be bothered to ruin your life.